Improvement in bed-slat couplers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LARES J. A. ROSWALL, OF CLARENCE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED SLAT COUPLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,776, datedSeptember 3, 1878; application filed July 13, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LARES J. A. ROSWALL, of Clarence, in the county ofShelby and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Bed-Slat Couplers and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of an end-part section ofmy bed-slat coupler. Fig. 2 is a bottom-plan view of the same. Figs. 3and 4 are details.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a device'for coupling bed-slats to the side rails of a bedstead, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

Each side rail, B, is provided with the cleat or ledge 12, upon whichthe slats C rest.

Each slat C is, upon its under side, near each end, provided with alatch, D, the inner end of which is pivoted in a metal frame, E,

fastened to the underside of the slat. This frame has an opening at a,through which the latch projects, and side grooves, 00 w, to receivepins (1 d, projecting at the inner end from opposite sides of the latch,said pins forming the pivot on which the latch turns. The outer end ofthe latch is formed in the shape of a hook, which is passed over across-bane, in a metal plate or frame, F, secured to the under of thebedstead are prevented from spreading apart and the slats from fallingdown. At the same time the slats can easily be removed at any time whenrequired, while when in position they are held firmly in place, andcannot become accidentally detached from the bedstead. The latches maybe arranged on top of the slat equally as well as underneath, in whichcase a frame, F, is secured to the inner side of the side-rail. Thislatter is especially intended where spring bed-bottoms are used, whilewhen mattresses are laid on the slats the latches should be underneath.

What'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. The combination, with the side rails of a bedstead and the slat, ofthe hooked latch D, pivoted in a plate or frame, E, secured to the slat,and the frame F, secured to the rail and provided with the pivotedbottom I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein thewpresence of two witnesses.

LARES JACOB ALFRED ROSWALL.

Witnesses WM. BIHOF, R. N. SHANKS.

